A Busy Couple of Days

January 2, 2025 On New Year’s Day, Bruce noticed a couple of flickers in the backyard, fairly close to the house. We walked over to the sliding door and watched them for a while. The wind calmed down and Bruce decided to use his chainsaw to cut the branches off the fence. He also cut […]

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Rain and More Rain

December 28, 2024 The weather has turned rainy. Earlier in the week, Thursday was predicted to partly cloudy with Friday being rainy. By Christmas (Wednesday), rain was in the forecast for Thursday as well. On Thursday, it rained on and off. Since it was raining on Thursday, we decided to do some shopping at Rural […]

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Using New Yard Tools

December 20, 2024 Today was cold; it only got up to 45 degrees F. It was windy, eight miles an hour with gusts up to 20 miles an hour. The wind and humidity made if feel a lot colder. The high of the day was early, around 9:00 AM. The wind blew in colder weather. […]

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The Old Roof Removed from Front

December 19, 2024 The roof on the front of the house was completely removed before lunch. The roofers had even started putting down the RhinoRoof underlayment. They had started stripping the shingles and tarpaper from the back. We could hear them cutting in the roof vents with saws. They took a 30 minute break for […]

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Installing the New Dishwasher

December 2, 2024 Yesterday, we started installing the new dishwasher that was delivered while Bruce was at his dad’s. Here is Bruce unboxing the dishwasher while Nox watches. Next came figuring out which breaker belonged to the wiring the dishwasher uses. This took some time as Bruce used the opportunity to determine what most of […]

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First Hard Freeze

November 30, 2024 It got down to 23 degrees F last night. When I got up to take Nox outside, the backyard was still covered in frost. I took some close up pictures of henbit covered with frost. The frost had started melting in the front yard. I am not sure what these weeds are. […]

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Nox, Out and About

November 25, 2024 On Thursday (November 21), Nox was enjoying the day. I took some pictures of her walking about in the yard doing Nox things. After her walk, she was tired and stretched out in her bed.

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